LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — One of the most pressing questions of the Tampa Bay Rays' offseason could be answered soon: Who will play first base?
There seems to be positive momentum building in the Rays' search to fill the need. Andrew Friedman, the Rays' executive vice president of baseball operations, said Wednesday at MLB's Winter Meetings each day that has passed has "crystallized" Tampa Bay's attempt to fill the position.
On Wednesday, the market for first basemen included some interesting action. Free-agent Corey Hart, formerly of the Milwaukee Brewers, agreed to a one-year, $5 million deal with the Seattle Mariners. Hart, who has played parts of nine major-league seasons, figured to be a potential Rays target if they lost James Loney in free agency.
The Mariners also traded for Logan Morrison, formerly of the Miami Marlins. Reliever Carter Capps was sent to Miami in the deal, creating intrigue with how the dominoes affect Loney.
Loney, given his production last season, figures to be the Rays' preferred choice at first base. But he's reportedly seeking a three-year deal ranging from $27 million to $30 million, which could place him out of the Rays' price range.
Including that potential obstacle, Hart's departure means the Rays will have increased competition for Loney's services. Now, the Brewers are seeking a seasoned first baseman, and the sweepstakes should be a tight race between them and Tampa Bay. The Pittsburgh Pirates could also enter the mix.
The Rays' best hope in the competition to sign him: Perhaps familiarity.
Loney, 29, hit .299 with 13 home runs and 75 RBI last season. His batting average was the highest since he hit .331 in 2007 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and his RBI were the most since he had 88 in 2010, also with the Dodgers.
He had a .348 on-base percentage, his best since a .339 in 2011 with the Dodgers. His slugging percentage (.430) and OPS (.778) also were the highest they have been in five years.
Loney, by all accounts, was a positive clubhouse presence in Tampa Bay. Yes, he was an introvert. But the Rays respected his quiet intensity for his craft, something manager Joe Maddon mentioned many times.
No doubt, they would be happy to welcome the American League Gold Glove Award finalist back for a second season with them. But it will likely take a lower asking price to make it happen.
If Loney goes elsewhere, perhaps Milwaukee, the Rays have given no indication whether they'll pursue either a trade option or free agency more aggressively. The ambiguity is part of the Rays' profile at this event, where rumor and innuendo fly throughout the halls as fast as the tweets that attempt to capture them.
The Rays, though, largely remove themselves from the static. Friedman, by design, reveals little.
Still, there are possibilities. Free agent Mark Reynolds, who spent last season with the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees, is one name that would make sense. Tampa Bay seeks to build from defense first, then offense, and he fits the profile.
Reynolds, 30, offers some decent offensive skill. He's a career .233 hitter with 202 home runs and 568 RBI. He hit .220 with 21 home runs and 67 RBI last season, a year in which he played for his second and third teams in three years.
Then there is the unknown factor: What will the Mariners do with first baseman Justin Smoak?
At this point, the Mariners' brash moves — whether they're wise is another debate — have driven offseason buzz. Does Seattle's action surprise Friedman?
Still, there could be a cause-and-effect to be revealed later with the Rays' first-base situation. Anything, at this point, seems possible.
After the latest action, though, expect a resolution to come within days or weeks, not months.
"We've had a lot of conversations with agents and teams," Friedman said. "I feel like we've had a number of mature conversations going right now that different things could happen over the next few days.
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O.J. Simpson: Retired Cop Told LAPD About Knife, Lawyer Says
Investigators do not know yet when the knife was found.
By EMILY SHAPIRO
O.J. Simpson Investigators Examine Knife Supposedly Found on His Old Estate
Officials work to determine if it is the knife that was used in the double murder that led to the so-called "Trial of the Century."
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— -- The Los Angeles Police Department is conducting tests on a knife purportedly found at O.J. Simpson's old property after they recovered it from a retired LAPD officer within the past month.
But a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation says the preliminary assessment is that it is not the murder weapon. The real weapon, the official said, would likely be larger and possibly "exotic."
"The story, as it's told to us by the [retired officer] that we received it from," Capt. Andrew Neiman of the LAPD said at a news conference today, was that the officer "was working in the area of the Rockingham estate and he claimed that an individual," who said he was a construction worker, gave him that knife, Neiman said.
The officer, identified by his lawyer as George Maycott, retired in 1998 and was working security on a movie set about five years later when he was approached by a construction worker down the street from Simpson's demolished estate, the attorney, Trent Copeland, said.
The worker handed him a dirty and muddy knife, with no evidence of blood and Maycott immediately called the West Office of the LAPD, Copeland said. According to the lawyer, Maycott was put on hold and was later told that the Simpson case was over.
Maycott then took the knife -- a 5-inch buck knife with a brown handle -- home and put it in his toolbox, where it sat for about 15 years, Copeland said. The knife was taken into custody by police on Feb. 10.
The LAPD did not immediately comment on Copeland's claims.
Simpson's Rockingham estate in Brentwood was demolished in 1998. The LAPD is not releasing details on the description of the knife, Neiman said.
Maycott is retired so there likely would not be administrative charges, Neiman said. Investigators will look into whether there is any potential for criminal charges, Neiman said.
Neiman said the Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman double-murder case is open but, for Simpson, who was acquitted in the killings, "double jeopardy would be in place," Neiman said.
The knife was submitted to the lab to be studied for forensics including DNA and hair samples, Neiman said, adding that it's unknown how long the investigation will take.
Police do not know the identity of the alleged construction worker who found the knife, Neiman said, and the authorities ask that he come forward.
Neiman said the story told to police could be accurate, or the "whole story is possibly bogus from the get-go."
"We are looking into that," Neiman said, adding that he was shocked by the possibility that a police officer kept such a knife.
A statement released today on behalf of Fred and Kim Goldman said: "Until the LAPD completes its investigation of the recovered knife, the validity of the knife as it relates to Ron and Nicole's murder is purely speculative. ... We cannot validate every claim with a discussion, as it only creates more unnecessary hype and encourages the media circus."
Attorney Carl Douglas, who was a member of Simpson's legal team in 1995, told ABC News today that "the story is ridiculous." Douglas is not currently Simpson's lawyer.
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There have been previous reports of a knife found near Simpson's old home.
The Associated Press reported in May 1998 that a construction crew found a folding-blade knife in Simpson's neighborhood but police said at the time that the knife couldn't be linked to the murders.
Police Department spokesman Lt. Anthony Alba said at the time that several knives had been found in Simpson's former neighborhood over the past few years but officials did not find any blood or other evidence linking to any crime.
On June 12, 1994, Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were found stabbed to death in front of her Los Angeles home. To date, the murder weapon has never been found.
O.J. Simpson, center, reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, as members of his defense team, F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie Cochran Jr., right, look on, in court in Los Angeles, Oct. 3, 1995.
Simpson was charged with the murders. Then on Oct. 3, 1995, at the end of a televised trial that captivated the nation, the former football star was acquitted of all criminal charges. He was found liable for their deaths in a civil case in 1997.
Simpson was arrested in September 2007 during a botched robbery in Las Vegas when he led a group of men into a hotel and casino to steal his own sports memorabilia at gunpoint.
He was charged with a number of felony counts, including kidnapping and armed robbery. He was found guilty and sentenced to 33 years in prison. He is serving his time at Lovelock Correctional Facility in Nevada.
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O.J. Simpson sits during a break on the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, May 14, 2013.


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The only Welsh-medium secondary school in Wrexham county has been let down by the council "on purpose", a former Ofsted inspector has claimed.
John Morris' comments come after an Estyn report found aspects of Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham, were "in need of significant improvement".
A chair of governors letter to parents said it had a "robust plan" to address the issues.
Wrexham council said it was giving the school "targeted and specific support".
In 2014, the school was assessed as "good" after an inspection by Estyn but four recommendations were made for improvements.
Progress in each of these areas was found to be "strong" or "satisfactory" in March 2017.
But the monitoring report found that performance in Key Stage 4 was a "cause for concern" and that there had been "insufficient progress".
Mr Morris, a former head teacher at the school, claims that its leadership should have received more support.
Image caption John Morris has criticised a lack of support for the school
"The local authority has let the school and teachers down," he told the Newyddion 9 programme.
"I consider the county council to have allowed the demise of the school on purpose because of the large numbers of children who want to go to that school. It's an embarrassment.
"The council know that they have to refuse access to 50 children a year to Welsh medium schools.
"It's an absolute disgrace that they haven't given enough support to the teachers at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd."
Councillor Hil Wynn, lead member for education, said: "Through the local authority and GwE - the regional school improvement service - targeted and specific support has been provided to Ysgol Morgan Llwyd in order to assist the school in addressing the recommendations of this report.
"This will continue as the school works to further raise standards.
"The council is committed to Welsh language education as is demonstrated in the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan and as evidenced by the growing demand for Welsh medium education in the primary sector."
In a letter to parents, chair of governors Aled Roberts said Estyn's report was a "recognition of the significant improvements that have occurred" and "fully recognise the rapid and strong changes the senior management team have implemented".
"There is a robust plan in place that addresses the concerns expressed and we are confident that the pupils at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd will receive the best provision in all aspects of school life," he added.
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Newly elected NLA board director Christopher Quinn, a California operator will represent the West Region.
MARLTON, N.J.— Five incumbents and two new operators were voted on to the National Limousine Association Board of Directors, the group said Feb. 6. The board directors will serve 2015-2018 terms starting March 15 when the board meets in Las Vegas just before the International LCT Show.
The following seven operators received the majority of votes in their respective regions out of 21 candidates— a record-breaking number of operators vying for the seven open seats.
Veteran Ohio operator Steve Qua returns to the NLA board of directors starting March 15. He previously servied two terms in the 2000s.
Qua, who served on the NLA board of directors from 2004 to 2010, and Quinn, who won the open seat held by retiring board director Rich Azzolino, are the two new directors taking seats. Incumbents Jeff Greene, Ron Stein, Michael Campbell, Robert Alexander and Laura Canady retained their seats.
The NLA marks its 30th anniversary this year.
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BBC crafts swathe of format deals for Sewing Bee
By Stewart Clarke
26th February 2014 @ 12:10
BBC Worldwide has agreed deals for local versions of its Sewing Bee format in France, Norway and Sweden.
David Weiland, Worldwide's executive VP, Western Europe, told TBI about the deals from the ongoing BBC Showcase event in Liverpool. The fact-ent format, which was created by Bake Off producer Love Productions, has also been optioned Italy, Holland and Spain.
The fact-ent competitive sewing format has proved popular for the BBC Two in the UK and Worldwide has sought to capitalise upon the success of Love's Great British Bake Off, which also introduces a competitive element to what was considered a sedate pastime and has been sold into nine territories in Western Europe and thirteen in all internationally.
In France M6 has already taken a local version of Bake Off and the broadcaster has now ordered a French Sewing Bee. The free-to-air commercial channel's version will be called Cousu Main and fronted by stylist and model Cristina Codula. BBC Worldwide's French production division will make the show.
Norwegian pubcaster NRK has also ordered a local version of Sewing Bee as has Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4. Both have already acquired the first two seasons of the finished British version.
In Italy, Zodiak-owned Magnolia has optioned the show while FremantleMedia's Blue Circle has taken rights in Holland. In Spain, Shine Iberia has optioned the format.
"We knew that the Sewing Bee format had universal appeal and therefore potential to become an international success," Weiland said, noting more international deals for the show are in the offing.
BBC Worldwide announced another French format deal at Showcase with France Télévisions ordering a local version of the Antiques Roadshow format. The French show, which does not yet have a name, will go out on the pubcaster's France 2 channel.
Tags: Antiques Roadshow, Bake Off, BBC Worldwide, Blue Circle, Cousu Main, Cristina Codula, David Weiland, France Televisions, FremantleMedia, Great British Bake Off, Love Productions, M6, Magnolia, NRK, Sewing Bee, TV4, Zodiak
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BBC Studios hires ex-Paramount exec Dina Vangelisti to lead LA-based sales
BBC Studios (BBCS) is establishing an LA-based sales division and has hired former Paramount Pictures exec Dina Vangelisti to head it up. Vangelisti becomes EVP of content sales for BBCS Americas, with a remit to establish new – and grow existing – partnerships with key customers on both a sales and co-productions front. She will […]
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BBC Studios (BBCS) has taken full ownership of The End Of The F***ing World producer Clerkenwell Films, in a deal that will see the company's founder Murray Ferguson depart. The BBC's commercial arm initially took a minority stake in the company in 2008 before increasing its shareholding to 48% in 2017, with an option to move to […]
David & Matthew Frank launch UK distributor Rocket Rights
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Cara needs an operation to live but the anesthesiologist has an evil secret hidden deep beneath his castle.
In THE DREAMERS, Book Two of the Dreamshare series, when Cara and Blaze need help they have no one to turn to. Literally. Because of tech gone wrong, they move through the physical world like specters, unable to interact with any other living beings.
That's all about to change. Other dreamers are crossing over. But one of them is a very dangerous man. To stop him, the High King conscripts Cara for the mission. She will have to face dinosaurs, a sea serpent, a witch, an evil king, a dragon and Santa.
Cara is determined to complete the mission and rescue those bound in darkness, even if it means she will need to follow the High King's example of self-sacrifice.
We are the dreamers and this is our story.
Blaze stood on the beach in the fading light. There was an angry expression on his face and in his dark brown eyes.
"Cara, you think you're perfect but you're the selfish and demanding one! Nothing is ever good enough for you!" He turned and stormed away, the wind blowing his too-long, dark hair.
I didn't shout back. But, inside, I was angry. How can he say that to me? He's the one who ruined everything.
I turned away from his receding form and looked out over the water, longing for peace and the happily-ever-after I thought we would have together. Bitter tears fell from my blue eyes as a swell of hopelessness engulfed me. It was like the High King hadn't come through for us.
Great waves crashed on the shore as a cold wind blew through my long, red hair. After our honeymoon in Hawaii, Blaze and I had moved to Corpus Christi, a city on the Texas coast. Our home was right on the beach. The High King had guided us here. Corpus Christi means "the body of Christ". At first, we thought we would be happy here, doing missions for the High King. We felt like we were his hands and feet, carrying out all the work he told us to do. But it wasn't long before things started to fall apart.
Out of habit, I put my hand on my belly. Six and a half months pregnant. I couldn't believe that I would be bringing a child into this kind of messed-up situation. More tears spilled out onto my cheeks. The wind blowing in off the ocean was cool, this November evening, and getting colder. A storm was coming.
Soon after Blaze and I were wed, I found out about the numerous lovers he'd had – 27, to be exact. He should have told me about everything before we married. But he'd brushed it off, reminding me that he'd been a movie star. But I wasn't okay with it. And that was only just the start of his character flaws. He drank too much alcohol, getting drunk regularly. I regretted marrying him and told him so.
After that, he'd been pretty mean to me. He'd gotten physical with me six times in the first year of our marriage, when he'd been drinking. Since I'd been pregnant, he'd kept his distance though. It wasn't just that he hadn't hurt me; he'd completely kept his distance, like he didn't even want to touch me anymore. And it didn't help that I was so terribly swollen all over – like a bloated whale.
We still saw the High King sometimes, when he gave us new missions. But even those had become less and less frequent lately. He looked sad but never said anything about what was happening between Blaze and me. Surely he knew what was going on. Why didn't he help us? Why didn't he help me?
And I was all alone. If I left Blaze, I'd have no one. The Kingcade Worldcorp had designed the Eclipsesys Entertainment System. The idea was that certain people would sleep and others would dream along with the dreamers. Only a select few people qualified to be dreamers, people who were highly sensitive to Focused Unifarious Neurostimulator waves – FUN waves as the Kingcade Worldcorp called them.
The Kingcade Worldcorp technology had an unforeseen consequence, however. Anyone exposed to the FUN radiation, anyone who was highly susceptible to it, was affected neurologically, physically and, also, to a certain extent, spiritually. As a result, Blaze and I had been pushed onto a different plane of existence. Though the physical world is just as solid to us as ever, we can no longer interact with any other living beings; we just pass right through them, like ghosts. So, despite the fact that, in some ways, I hated him, Blaze was all I had.
Looking out at the water, I suddenly felt weird, like I was going to pass out. I sometimes felt that way when I got up too fast but this was different somehow. I wavered, looking around for somewhere to sit down.
The next thing I knew I was waking up to the sound of a strange moaning. As I came to, I realized the sound was coming from me. I was lying on the wet sand. Rolling onto my back, I opened my eyes. Blaze was standing over me, looking angry.
"What are you doing, Cara?"
"I don't know." A shudder ran through me and then it became uncontrollable shivering. I felt weird and afraid.
"You were moving on the ground, partly on your stomach."
"I must have passed out…" My mind was reeling. What had happened? I was moving on the ground… "Was I having a seizure?"
"I don't know. Maybe. Let me help you up." The anger was gone from his face, replaced by a look of concern.
I reached my hand up to him and let him pull me to my feet.
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In the DREAMSHARE series Cara and Blaze's dream adventures help them to understand themselves and each other better, move forward in life, and ultimately save the world. How important are dreams to you?
7 Responses to "The Dreamers"
Dina S says:
Dreams are very important I think, some seem to matter more to people.
Brie Donning says:
I don't put a lot of stock in dreams. Night dreams that is. They are always jumbled up. The most I get out of them is a reminder that some person was on my mind a lot.
sheila ressel says:
Depends on the dream. If it's about loved ones who have passed I consider it important. Otherwise they are not.
To me Dreams are very important because I get to visit with family that have past away at times.
Renee Rousseau says:
Dreams are important because they are conversations with your soul.
Celesta says:
Hmm… yes. Very true. A conversation with your soul. Writing books seems to do that for me too.
Casia S says:
I wish dreams were less important sometimes. I dream things that reinforce my anxiety when I wake up sometimes. I don't know why dreams hold so much power over us, but they do.


There might be some truth in that recent Deadpool 2 Cable speculation. Shawn Levy promises once again that there'll be justice for Barb in Stranger Things season two. Aquaman has found its hero's father. Plus, an outstanding new poster for Kong: Skull Island, and new looks at this week's Arrow and Powerless. To me, my Spoilers!
The film's production listing on My Entertainment World has posted a purported synopsis for the film— ostensibly revealing it as re-telling of the famous Dark Phoenix Saga from the comics, which sees Jean Grey transformed by vast cosmic powers into the sinister Dark Phoenix.
Remember a few weeks back when Ryan Reynolds shared a picture of himself with Hugh Jackman and Pierce Brosnan, leading to everyone wildly speculating that Brosnan could be playing Cable in Deadpool 2? Well, there might—might—be a little bit of truth to it.
In a recent episode of Meet the Movie Press, Forbes reporter Simon Thompson recalls a conversation he had with director David Leitch, including a jokey comment about Brosnan's potential casting. Leitch responded by saying that he hadn't cast Brosnan yet, seeming to imply the actor has at least been in discussions or potentially offered the role of the time-traveling mutant.
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has revealed a quite frankly awesome kaiju-movie-inspired Japanese poster for the film.
Set pictures of Alicia Vikander in action have hit the web. She's pretty much wearing the exact oufit Lara wears in the first entry in the rebooted Tomb Raider game series, to boot. Right down to the bandages!
The Joker plans a villain-packed assault in a new clip from the film. You may have to google some of the villains involved, however.
Executive Producer Shawn Levy says, once again, that Barb's disappearance will form a major part of the second season's storyline.
Actor Keiynan Lonsdale confirms that Wally West will not be singing or dancing in the musical crossover episode, sadly.
No, I'm not dancing or singing in the musical. But maybe we'll have another one one day. I'm not so sure. But not in this episode, unfortunately.
Tip (Jordan Laughran) and West (Ana Ularu) arrive in Emerald City seeking vengeance. With a renewed confidence, Dorothy (Adria Arjona) faces off against the Wizard (Vincent D'Onofrio) and fights to save Oz from his oppressive reign. Meanwhile, Glinda (Joely Richardson) brings her power to the battlefield as the threat of the Beast Forever looms.


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8 Things You Forgot to Do When You Started Your Small Business
Written by Jennifer Thomas Jennifer Thomas
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Jennifer Thomas is a Chicago-based writer and editor who covers finance, business, health, and arts and entertainment. She has written for Chicago Tribune Media, Adobe, the Chicago Sun-Times and LendingTree.
Starting a business can be an exciting proposition — and it can an intimidating one, especially for a new entrepreneur who might not have the wisdom and know-how necessary for this kind of big, first-time undertaking.
Each new business is different, but each comes with a seemingly endless to-do list that often includes gathering market research, securing small business financing from a bank, finding a location, signing dozens of contracts and much more. It stands to reason that a fledgling business owner — or even a seasoned one — might overlook an item or two along the way.
Keep reading to find eight things you forgot to do when you started your business — and why they're so important for your bottom line.
1. Prove your concept — rigorously
For many eager entrepreneurs, the first — and often only — step they take to validate their big ideas is asking those closest to them for their opinion. After all, their loved ones will surely have their best interests at heart, right?
Not so fast, said Simon Mahler, certified business mentor at SCORE, a nonprofit company dedicated to helping small businesses. "There are three common enemies in the death of business: One is friends, one is family and one is coworkers," he said, explaining that you will most likely never get unbiased feedback from any of those people.
Instead of relying on yes-men and -women as a sounding board, Mahler has his mentees take their ideas on the road — literally. "They need to talk to 100 people, but they can't talk to those 100 people in the community in which they live," he says. "They need to drive."
Mahler recommends you drive three hours from where you live and stop in a small town. Walk into the small businesses there, introduce yourself and explain your business idea, he said. Listen to the feedback. "You're not allowed to offer criticism, you are allowed to only take in the abuse," Mahler said. "Too many small business owners don't do that at the beginning."
Soon enough, a consensus should emerge as to whether you have an intriguing idea — or not. Once you're back home with your idea thoroughly vetted, take the time to figure out whether that idea will work where you live.
For instance, if you're thinking about opening a glass-blowing business because your town doesn't have ones, ask yourself why it doesn't:
Have five glass-blowing businesses already opened and closed in your town?
Will you have a customer base — in this case, most likely tourists — to support it?
Is the glass-blowing industry lucrative and poised for growth?
These are the types of things is what you'll want to research. Mahler recommends spending a day at the public library or surfing IBISWorld.com, an industry and market research site, to get answers to these burning questions.
2. Work with a mentor
Once you've done your research, get some advice from people in the know. This is when a mentor — someone with ample experience in and knowledge of your industry — can be invaluable. A good mentor will help identify holes in your business plan, offer advice for targeting potential investors or simply serve as a listening ear when the going gets tough.
Research also bears out the power of mentorship. According to one study, 70 percent of small businesses that were mentored last for at least five years, which is twice the rate of those that weren't mentored.
But how do you even approach a potential mentor? When Mahler was ready to launch his own business, he contacted six entrepreneurs — the "biggest fish" in his industry, he said — and asked if they would be open to having a 10-minute conversation with him once a month to answer targeted questions.
"They blossomed into friendships," said Mahler of his half-dozen mentors, adding that these monthly phone calls soon evolved into open-phone policies to call whenever he needed advice. "It really morphs into something, and you have amazing feedback coming back to you."
If you're unable to find a willing mentor in your industry, contact the nonprofit SCORE or one of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers — each will help match you with a suitable mentor.
You might worry that a mentor could steal your business idea, especially given the experience and resources he or she has that you don't. Although Mahler says that's a valid concern, his experience has shown the opposite.
"You know what all of them told me? They're not in it for finding the next big thing — they want to help others succeed. This is a social-collaborative generation," said Mahler. "[His mentees say], 'I had no idea these people were so willing to help. I never would have guessed that.'"
3. Clearly define your partnership
Companies can take many forms, and a business partnership can be a good way for a new entrepreneur to divvy up not only the workload, but also the risk of launching a small business. All too often, however, entrepreneurs don't properly vet partners and spell out the terms and conditions in a way that both parties fully understand.
"You have to really interview people to find the right partner," Mahler said. "I don't think people take enough time to do that," Mahler said, noting that one partner might be working 60 hours and assuming that the other should be doing that as well.
Also, don't assume the percentage of invested funds dictates the percentage of return. Money is only part of the investment. If a new partner invests only 10 percent but brings along a patent for a product that will add millions to the bottom line, he or she should be compensated accordingly. You must think about these types of breakdowns carefully.
It's also important you have clear goals and know how big — ideally — you'd like to see the company become. Mahler has seen cases in which a small business expands in a short amount of time, leaving several of the partners unable to answer the rigorous demands of their growing empire. Ultimately, they were forced to sell.
"Again, it just goes back to interviewing, making sure that everybody is all in this together," Mahler said. Get everything you've discussed in writing to not only make expectations crystal clear, but to protect yourself in case the relationship sours for any reason — you'll want to know exactly what you're entitled to.
4. Get all your contracts, permits and licenses in order
Launching a small business almost always entails working with a slew of vendors and contractors to provide products and support. Make sure in all cases you have a complete contract that details the terms of the business relationship.
Depending on the type of company you start, you might also need to set up a business entity, such as a corporation or a limited liability company. Requirements for these vary by state, so be sure to read the fine print — the process might be more involved than you initially thought.
Other types of paperwork you might need to deal with could also include permits, licenses, trademarks, patents and lease agreements. Noncompliance can sometimes result in a fine or worse, and that's not a headache a new business owner wants to deal with on top of all of the other demands of starting a new company. If you're at all unsure about the paperwork you need to complete to get your business off the ground, contact an accountant or lawyer for guidance.
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5. Use guerilla marketing tactics
When you're ready to open your business, marketing will be crucial to find and attract customers. In this social media age — when those customers seem just one Facebook like or retweet away — it can be tempting to forgo more traditional, low-tech advertising and publicity strategies, especially ones that require a bit of legwork. That is a mistake, Mahler said.
"There needs to be a healthy balance of different types of marketing," he said. "In the middle is relational. So many people just miss that completely — the whole idea of a relationship," Mahler said.
What Mahler encourages small businesses to do is to employ guerilla marketing tactics. For instance, if you're starting a new burger joint in town, posting a photo of a juicy patty melt on Instagram will get only you so far. Customers need to experience the buttery bun and ooey, gooey cheese first-hand.
"I am taking my burgers to the biggest businesses in my community and supplying lunch for that operation," Mahler said. "So many people are just sitting behind a desk."
Mahler used a similar tactic for a barbershop's grand opening, helping the business reap plenty of rewards. The barbershop offered free haircuts to anyone playing little league one weekend. "Now he's got a line of people who come and see him all the time," Mahler said. "You've got to constantly be thinking out of the box."
Not only do innovative strategies like these create buzz, they give your potential customers a chance to try out your product risk-free and tell friends and family about it, Mahler said. And that's called word of mouth, which is one of the most powerful types of marketing.
6. Give back to the community
Another marketing strategy is community service. This doesn't just bolster a company's image, it can also greatly impact the bottom line.
Mahler recently put this idea to the test while working with an entrepreneur who invested her life savings in a salon business and was struggling to turn a profit. He suggested something radical: She should close down her shop on the slowest day of the week to offer free beauty services to women at a nearby shelter.
"It turned into this massive story," Mahler said. "These women would come in and get everything done so they could feel good about themselves when they're applying for jobs … she partnered with a dentist who would fix their teeth."
It was so successful that it became a recurring event and the business owner was able to open three additional locations, simply because she gave back to her community. "That stuff goes far, and too many people don't do that," Mahler said.
Of course, your approach doesn't have to be quite so dramatic. Consider hosting a monthly or quarterly volunteer day with your employees or, if you own a restaurant, team up with a local shelter or food pantry to donate unused food items.
7. Keep customers coming back
A business owner's job isn't done once the customer walks through the door. Many small businesses live and die by return customers. Not only is customer retention cheaper than customer acquisition, but according to research Bain & Company conducted, a 5 percent increase in customer retention produces more than a 25 percent increase in profit.
This means it's imperative for a business owner to foster goodwill and loyalty among patrons from the get-go. What's the easiest way to do just that? With a thank-you card, Mahler said.
"So many people just rely on email, but when you get something tangible in the mail and it's not 'I'm trying to sell you' or 'I'm asking for a survey' but is hand-written and simply says 'thank you;' boy, that goes far,'" said Mahler.
Another avenue business owners sometimes often overlook for customer retention is the Yelp review, which many restaurants just ignore, Mahler said. Instead, you should be proactive and reach out to those who leave reviews, especially negative ones. "Welcome them back in and then have them leave another review that says, 'I went back a second time — it was phenomenal. I'm coming back a third,'" he said.
Don't forget about incentives, too. Everyone loves a bargain — a customer loyalty or punch card is sure to bring customers back if a free sandwich, cookie or coffee is part of the deal, Mahler said.
8. Always innovate
Sure, you just launched your business yesterday, but it's never too early to look toward the future. In a 2015 Deloitte Innovation Survey, 96 percent of respondents said innovation was among their top five strategic priorities. An innovative mindset is not only key for a long-term growth, it differentiates a business from its competitors as it expands.
Just imagine if Apple decided to stick to only computers and never venture into the mobile phone market. "You should absolutely [innovate]," Mahler said. There are lots of ways to approach it, from asking your customers what they want to quizzing employees regarding holes they see in the business. Whatever approach you take, just do it. You'll thank yourself later.
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You can expect the popular blogging platform WordPress to have a strong following from a variety of website owners. But recent reports point towards the surprising fact that almost up to 50 percent of the top internet blogs are using the WordPress platform!
Popular blogs like Mashable, TechCrunch, Boing Boing, CNN Political Ticker, and Hollywood Life among many others are using the WordPress platform for supporting their website.
The survey was conducted by Pingdom. Apart from the 50 percent share of WordPress, 14 percent of share went to custom designed blogs and websites.
The WordPress founding developer Matt Mullenweg talked about the strong hold that WordPress has in the market and thought that the reason lied in usability and flexibility of their platform. WordPress is being used by both small and large websites, irrespective of their ranking and visitor traffic. What's more is that they are expecting even increased integration of WordPress blogs over this year and the next.
Most of the success that WordPress has enjoyed is thanks to the wide array of features and functions it provides for bloggers. The flexibility of the platform is loved the most by everyone. In addition, the recent introduction of the WordAds feature has also given incentive to bloggers and a chance to earn money from their websites.
Resultingly, the number of bloggers switching their blogs to WordPress from other platforms like Tumblr, TypePad etc are now increasing. So it's a safe bet to assume that WordPress will keep on gaining the market share.
Do you think competing blogging platforms can do anything about this and whether they will able to mount a challenge to WordPress? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Many of the users that once enlisted the previously popular platforms TypePad, Moveable Type, and BlogSmith have now migrated over to WordPress. Pingdom found that over the last three years WordPress has enjoyed a 32 percent increase in users.


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Setareki "Seta" Tawake Naivaluwaqa (born 1 March 1969 in Kavala, Kadavu) is a retired Fijian rugby union player, who was capped for Fiji on 31 occasions. He played as Openside flanker or Number 8. He played in two Rugby World Cups. He was also a soldier

Tawake played both 7's and 15's. He studied at Nasinu Secondary School and he represented them in both 7's and 15's rugby. He made his international debut in 15's against Samoa on 20 June 1992 in Suva.

He represented the Fiji sevens starting in 1996, until helping them to win the 1998 Hong Kong sevens. He was also part of the Fiji team to the 1998 Commonwealth Games where he was part of the silver winning team. He later played represented Suva in the Digicel Cup but missed three seasons while on peacekeeping duties in the Middle East. He also played his rugby in Japan. He missed most of the 2000-01 international seasons to play for his club in Brisbane, where he was based from 1996. He re-joined to the Test side for the RWC qualifiers in June 2002 and went to the 2003 Rugby World Cup but didn't play any game.

After rugby
His memorable experience was when he played five Tests in a row during the 1999 World Cup where he played all his games for the full 80 minutes. He later coached the Akita Northern Bullets

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Gonatodes falconensis este o specie de șopârle din genul Gonatodes, familia Gekkonidae, descrisă de Shreve 1947. Conform Catalogue of Life specia Gonatodes falconensis nu are subspecii cunoscute.

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Adult Girls Around Thirty
When I lived in Japan for about a year in the 1980s I was struck by the various "rules" I perceived for women in regards to clothing and age. During one's teens and early twenties, youthful fashion seemed acceptable, like what might be found in the Harajuku or Shibuya shopping districts. But once a woman hit her mid-twenties and, especially if she was married, she seemed to turn into some kind of unfashionable Stepford Wife, becoming a drudge in nondescript skirts, sometimes accompanied by thick nylons and overly sensible shoes. These women still looked young (and I often marveled at how, overall, Japanese women seemed to defy their real age much more so than a lot of American women), but it seemed as though they made an all-out effort now to look older. And once they became mothers, it got even worse, even though they still managed to keep their pert figures. And for those who were hitting thirty and still unmarried, it was more than time to give into the "obasan" (auntie) look since, after all, they were washed up now, doomed to be old maids.
According to recent reports, this is changing. You have to take these trend articles with somewhat of a grain of salt, but things look promising among the atmosphere of the newly liberated single woman over thirty who finds little in the way of marriageable men and has decided to live without such conventions. These new trends have names like otona gyaru (the Japanese word for "adult" and the Japanized English of "girl') and arasa, which is a characteristic abbreviation of the shortening of the Japanized English term, araundo sa-tei (around thirty) and coyly depicts anyone in the thirtysomething age range. The picture on this blog of a cover of Story magazine even has a headline that says in rough translation: "Your 40s: Have One More Go at Love."
It seems many of these women are no longer paying attention to the age police and celebrating their youth at any age. It reminds me a bit of the fashion scene in the United States where things have also loosened up for those who want to take advantage of it. Stores like Anthropologie seem to be vague on age, although they say their customers are in the 30 to 50 range, yet the clothes are fashionable and seemingly "ageless." And a store like H&M, while seeming to cater to teens and young professionals, professes that it does not target its customers by chronological age or dress size as much as mental age and the desire to dress fashionably.
It can be a mistake to attach too much significance to this possible change in Japanese women, especially when a recent poll states that nearly all Asian countries have around 80 to 90 percent of businesses boasting women in senior positions, except for Japan, which has a rate of only 25 percent. It is still obvious that Japan has a way to go in its cultural perception of management roles for women, and things change very slowly there in general, but I think it can be a good first step when women feel freer to express themselves and by doing so get rid of some of society's restrictions.
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"Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo, a long standing Microsoft partner in the world of mobile entertainment, is to port Windows Media DRM (digital rights management) to its 3G handsets, allowing for content to be moved between phones and PCs, and bypassing the Open Mobile Alliance DRM.""With Windows Media technologies on all NTT DoCoMo's FOMA 3G handsets — presumably including the non-Windows models — Microsoft gains access to a large customer base, but even more interesting is that the agreement will see the alliance of partners in DoCoMo's i-mode mobile Internet platform also looking to build Microsoft DRM into their devices.
Like us, you probably didn't need the red ink to highlight this article's boggling assertion that NTT DoCoMo is a "long standing" Microsoft partner; while the two tech giants may not exactly hate each other, there's been been little love lost as Microsoft has failed at every step of i-mode's growth to establish any significant foothold in mobile in Japan. I can't think of another tech-giant relationship that has gone on longer and frostier with less cooperation than that between DoCoMo, owner of i-mode, the world's most successful mobile platform, and Microsoft, planet Earth's No. 1 software powerhouse who is keenly trying to evolve from a PC-centric company to a mobile and unwired-device OS vendor.
To get a sense of how badly Big D has shut Bill's company out of mobile Japan, recall past DoCoMo press releases on the company's choices of Symbian and Linux for mobile OS development (here and here) and public statements (WWJ video here) wherein the company made it explicitly clear that they don't like Microsoft. At the 2003 year-end press conference, a time when FOMA was just starting to take off, then-CEO Tachikawa (now head of the Japan Space Agency) stated: "Simply speaking, Microsoft is not offering an open standard and an open-minded approach" and that DoCoMo "prefers Symbian and possibly Linux for 3G OS." Little has changed to this day.
Thus it appears that the agreement will enable a DoCoMo 3G phone user to download a WMA-format song track via PC (or rip a copy from a CDROM), 'transcode' the track using PC software supplied with the phone, and then transfer the coded track to the handset via memory card (details, in Japanese, here — but the graphics illustrate the process if you can't read kanji). The track can then be played by (only) that phone.
I gather the DRM technology is self-contained in the WM Player embedded in the phone with some type of ID handshake to ensure that the content transferred to the handset has the correct matching code; the only compatible phone mentioned on the carrier's site so far is the F902iS, to be released shortly; DoCoMo's F902iS site also notes that both PC and phone will have to have Win Media Player 10.
Note that this type of 'containment' service is a virtual clone of the Vodafone KK 'BB Live' PC-Phone music download service that has been running since 2004 — except Vodafone uses OMA DRM; the handsets come from Toshiba (dubbed 'Play-T').
Also note that the F902iS phone is running a Symbian OS, according to AllAboutSymbian.com.
To this I would add that the tie-up also gives Microsoft a small but significant leg-up into Japan's mobile content space, where their player and DRM technology has been — like their OS — screamingly absent.
The deal also helps DoCoMo. The 3G giant has dropped the ball when it comes to mobile music, and since December 2002, KDDI/au has been eating everyone's soba with the huge success of the Chaku Uta, Chaku Uta Full, and Chaku Motion music and music-video download services. In this case, DRM is provided by the fact that the phones are engineered to disallow transfer of the downloaded music files, which can only arrive on the handset as paid-for content via the network.
DoCoMo has been repeatedly late to market with their own Chaku Uta (partial audio clip) service, having only started with the 900i-series in spring 2004; Chaku Uta Full (real, full music tracks) are arriving only now, with the "9″-series FOMA phones.
They need a boost; however, being late to market has given them the advantage of seeing how the market has developed and the 3G mobile music business in Japan has evolved into a music publisher's business; the lion's share of revenues and profits are going to the music labels and not to the carrier nor the individual content aggregator sites.
Why spend huge sums to compete directly with a similar, mobile-network-only service? If they can enable FOMA users to conveniently access 3rd party PC Web music providers and transfer tracks (with DRM) to the phone via memory card, they avoid up-front music platform investment costs, provide a huge library all at once, and benefit from a non-3G-network service which helps keep their FOMA network from getting clogged up with massive, multiple flat-rate downloads.
In other words, NTT DoCoMo — for the first time ever — needs Microsoft.
You might ask: Why not partner with a vendor whose DRM is built on OMA DRM standards, and avoid venturing into the belly of the beast? Because many (most?) PC Web music download services don't use OMA DRM.
But overall, the deal is probably bigger for Microsoft.
Microsoft's telecoms group is pushing something called 'Connected Services Framework' as a way to offer multiple services with the same toolset — a little like an application layer for IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem). This could lead to cooperation with any partner on hosted email, hosted VoIP, hosted messaging etc. "This has helped them get into many telcos both in Europe and China, mostly through wireline telcos," said Peter White.
Looks like Big D is finally finding at least a little love for Big M.


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Bay Area cocktail frenzy sparks rise of bar consultants
Food // Restaurants
Lou Bustamante
June 16, 2016 Updated: June 16, 2016 3:19 p.m.
1of4Christina Cabrera tends bar at Wildhawk in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, June 14, 2016.Scott Strazzante/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Let's call it growing pains.
The Bay Area bar scene is in the thick of an insane growth spurt. It came with a transition from cocktail adolescence. The handful of great bars that opened a decade ago have developed into a collective maturity that has captured the attention of other cities — bigger, cool kid cities on which we've long had crushes. We're getting invited to more of their parties, even though no one asked us to dance at the James Beard Awards this year. With this newfound reputation for cocktails, we're sprouting what seems like 30 new bars and restaurants a month. Suddenly, we're gangly and outgrowing everything — including staff.
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The Bay Area has long been on the culinary forefront, but the maturation has always been organic, at a pace that allowed barbacks to grow into bartenders, bartenders into bar managers. In the last few years, that has changed.
The side effect has been the rise of the bar consultant — professionals who help design and set up bars in new establishments. It's a development that solves short-term challenges, but may create larger problems in the long term.
"There is definitely a serious labor shortage in the Bay Area and it shows no sign of improving," says Scott Beattie, who has consulted at bars in Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, Sonoma, and Napa. In the Bay Area, he cites extraordinarily high rents, low inventory of affordable apartments, and more new restaurants and bars opening up all of the time.
"I honestly feel like the bar and restaurant business will be fundamentally changing in the next few years," says Beattie. "We may not like the results."
The combination of breakneck development and consumer demand for "fancy" cocktails has already pushed us into new territory. Dive bars and more affordable neighborhood spots are eroding and being replaced with bars that specialize in craft cocktails. Restaurants care deeply about their cocktails, too. This new landscape has created opportunity for bar consultants.
Depending on the contract, a bar consultant will usually help design the physical bar, create the menu, develop cocktail recipes, hire and train staff, and set up all the financial essentials of a new bar. They usually work at the bar themselves initially as an experienced, guiding hand, but they aren't hired to stick around once the wobbles get worked out.
"In San Francisco and most likely across the U.S., there are, in fact, too many cocktail programs opening up with too little staff to start and maintain them," says Claire Sprouse, who runs Tin Roof with Chad Arnholt. Their consulting company has opened the bars at restaurants like the Bywater in Los Gatos, among others.
For a long time what a bar needed to be was straightforward — a place to get a drink and a little buzz. Now, everyone expects much more. Customers want an experience they can #humblebrag about on Snapchat or Instagram, and bar owners want to create a sense of personal expression, and perhaps some holistic connection with the restaurant's food.
The bar at Mourad was set up by consultant Anthony Parks.John Storey/Special to the Chronicle
"Customer standards are higher than ever, and businesses can't survive if they treat their cocktail program as an afterthought — it's just too competitive," says Anthony Parks of Fifty Fifty Cocktail Co., who set up the bar at Roots and Rye in San Jose, as well as the Dorian and Mourad in San Francisco.
According to Christina Cabrera, who set up newcomers like El Barrio in Guerneville and Old Bus Tavern and Barbarossa in San Francisco, the Bay Area's high level of competition for both business and staff makes it difficult for establishments that have never operated a bar.
"It isn't enough anymore to have a slick-looking bar if it doesn't provide efficiency and help with the proper execution and the flow of bar business," Cabrera says.
Building an ambitious cocktail bar is more than just ordering liquor. Setting up systems, training staff properly, and allowing for growth within the bar staff is critical — as is hiring passionate people to execute the owners' vision. Often designed for aesthetics rather than function, poorly planned bars can slow down staff and drink orders.
"These days, everyone wants a great drink, but the one complaint that you will hear over and over again is that people don't want to wait 10 minutes for it," says Beattie. "Some purists will disagree with me on this, but in my mind, people shouldn't have to wait."
But speed isn't just about moving faster; sometimes it's about moving less. Beattie utilizes a system that involves pre-batching the nonvolatile components of a cocktail, consolidating five or six ingredients into one or two. It's a system that requires robust spreadsheets for inventory, but ultimately pays off in customer service.
While bar consultants are filling a real need in the short term, what will be the lasting effects of this movement?
"I hear more and more stories of hiring someone, training them up, and then having them leave to man their own program when they've barely learned how to crawl," says Sprouse. "San Francisco appealed to me from afar because I saw such a strong foundation of mentorship followed through by both the mentee and mentor. I think the cocktail movement as a whole is in danger of losing those ideals."
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It seems that despite consultants' best efforts, overall quality is destined to suffer without reaching some kind of equilibrium, where on-the-job learning is possible and bar staff can develop. We could be growing at a pace, and in a direction, that leaves us gangly and clumsy.
Morgan Schick of the Bon Vivants, behind the bar at Cafe du Nord. Jason Henry/Special To The Chronicle
Morgan Schick of the Bon Vivants, the company behind Trick Dog that also has consulted at Aatxe and Kin Khao, says that development pace is putting underqualified people into accelerated roles.
"There isn't the luxury anymore of being a sous chef for years before being a chef de cuisine, or barbacking for a year before shaking a single drink. There just aren't enough people to fill all the positions in all the new places," Schick says.
This fast-paced growth will eventually mean that without someone experienced behind the bar, customers will more frequently suffer the missteps of poorly executed ambitious drinks. While volatility in staffing will likely spark disparate experiences at many bars, it may also create a smaller number of bastions of craft, as those bartenders seriously interested in learning will flock to establishments that train and take care of their staff. No one wants to work in bad bars.
This new world of the bar consultant could be our new reality. Maybe this inflation — and the spreading of talented people around so thinly — will hurt the dining and cocktail scene in the Bay Area. Or perhaps this is just a growth spurt that will get filled out, an awkward phase before the next evolution.
Lou Bustamante is a Bay Area freelance writer. Email: food@sfchronicle.com Twitter: thevillagedrunk


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Collapse of Venezuela perfectly demonstrates what happens when Left-wing governments confiscate everything from productive members of society to REDISTRIBUTE in the name of "equality"
Thursday, June 07, 2018 by: Ethan Huff
Tags: Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, chaos, Collapse, corruption, economic collapse, economy, fleeing, free markets, left cult, Left-wing, poverty, productive society, prosperity, socialism, starvation, talent, totalitarianism, Venezuela
(Natural News) The socialist state of Venezuela is in its final death throes, and one commentator wants the world to know that things didn't have to end this way.
But this is how they always end when political Leftists who love big government are at the helm. And it's exactly what was foretold in the famous 1957 Ayn Rand novel, Atlas Shrugged.
In case you've never read it, Atlas Shrugged tells the story of what happens when hardworking, talented citizens are robbed of the fruits of their labor by government thugs who redistribute it to others in the name of "equality." Such a scenario is more popularly known as socialism – or in its worst iteration, total communism.
It all starts with heavy regulations that make it difficult for people to do business. The government grows larger as the private sector shrinks, and those who once owned successful businesses are forced to cease or flee for greener pastures.
This is exactly what's currently taking place in Venezuela, where, despite having rich oil reserves and other natural resources, the general populace is being denied access to its bounty. As a result, those who otherwise would have contributed to a thriving Venezuelan economy were it a free market, are leaving the country in droves, plunging the nation into total poverty and chaos.
"Reports are now surfacing that there is an outflow of teachers, doctors, engineers, oil workers, bus drivers, and electricians," writes Marina Medvin for TownHall.com, citing information she gathered from an article published by The Washington Post.
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"The brightest Venezuelans are disappearing. Venezuelans shrugged," she adds, citing the exact scenario as predicted more than half a century ago in Atlas Shrugged.
That socialism ALWAYS ends in failure isn't rocket science – it's common sense
Medvin also points out that Rand's predictions, if you will, weren't some premonition or fortunetelling endeavor. They were based in economic principles derived from logic, which dictates that preventing producers from producing results in economic disaster.
For Venezuela, it's meant exponential poverty, crime and the death of opportunity. Naturally, those with ambition who are stuck in this dead-end scenario will make every effort to go somewhere else – and that's exactly what they're now doing.
"Rand understood incentivization and human nature," Medvin explains. "Rand simply brought these two components to their natural conclusion in a world of socialism. Venezuela proved that Rand's understanding of human nature and incentivization was correct. Atlas Shrugged was an accurate prediction of human response to socialism."
While Venezuela's current plight may not be permanent, its ramifications are going to be felt into perpetuity. At the same time, "outside actors," as one media outlet describes them, are already starting to intervene to restore some semblance of freedom to the South American country.
Political players from the United States, Russia and even China have begun engaging in talks about a "future … global order," which is creepily reminiscent of the one-world government talked about in religious texts like the Holy Bible.
But it's going to take some time, reports indicate, for better or for worse. In the meantime, Venezuelans who hope for an actual future will continue to leave their native country in droves, solidifying in their wake yet another case-in-point as to the utter detriment of embracing socialism.
"With an entire generation of Venezuelans decimated by lack of schooling, malnutrition and untreated diseases once thought of as a thing of the past and a sizeable [sic] number of recent refugees unlikely to return, recovery to anything resembling pre-crisis levels is likely to take more than a decade," writes Oliver Stuenkel for America's Quarterly.
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Became known the details of a powerful explosion in a shopping Mall in the United States
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As a result of a gas explosion in a shopping center in the city of plantation in the us state of Florida has injured at least 20 people. On Saturday, July 6, reported Associated Press, citing local police.
According to the Agency, two of the victims sustained serious injuries.
It is noted that the epicenter of the explosion was at a pizzeria located in the shopping gallery.
Earlier, several media outlets reported "numerous victims" of the explosion. It was noted that a significant portion of the building was completely destroyed, the nearby buildings were damaged window frames and broken glass.
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